Friday 22 May 2020

EmBOSSING it

Morning all.  It's a bit of a sad day over at The Alphabet Challenge as this one will be Silvi's last before stepping down from the Design Team.  She has chosen 'dry embossing' for the letter D.  I do love my embossing folders and could have had a field day with this but I chose to keep it simple.  As well as my full sized folders I also have some thin strip folders.  For my card I chose one and, once I'd embossed it, masked off the rest of the card and blended worn lipstick and squeezed lemonade distress ink over the pattern.  My original plan had been for a rectangular panel but my masking tore some of my card so I've cut it down to a square.  I blended a little bit more card and stamped some butterflies from Laurel Burch onto it.  I fussy cut them and gave them a coat of shimmer pen before adding them to my card.  Throw on a bit of bling et Voila.  Can you tell I've been learning French during lockdown, lol.  


It wasn't quite to my original plan but the embossed panel worked, which was the whole point to the card.  Please pop over and see what Silvi and the rest of the team have created.  It would be nice if you could join in the challenge and send her off with a blast.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

15 comments:

  1. a very delightful card, teamie!

    hugs and kisses from Germany
    silvi

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  2. great idea to colour the embossed panel Dawn

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  3. Great card, worked out really well.

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  4. Hi Dawn! I love how you mirrored the circle design on the butterflies with your embossing images! This one is a winner!
    Hugs - Rachelle : )

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  5. Stunning card Dawn, I love the colorful butterflies!
    Tammy x

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  6. Gorgeous make hun, love the simplicity of it

    Stay safe
    Hugs Shell xx

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  7. What a radiant, sweet and entirely lovely greeting. I can never, ever get enough of butterflies in papercrafting. Swoon!

    Autumn Zenith 🎃 Witchcrafted Life

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  8. I love that you ended up with a square card, I tend to forget that a card doesn't always have to be the same size. Pretty colors!
    Melanie

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  9. Thanks for your concern,ankle doing much better. Did not trip on the cat this time. lol It's an old golf. Have a happy Sunday. x

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  10. Such a pretty card Dawn, lovely colours and a super CAS design.
    Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
    x

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  11. What a pretty card, Dawn. I like the color palette you used here and the design :)

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  12. Gorgeous card and effectx

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  13. Oh, wow! I love this beautiful card! I have to admit that the small sized embossing folders have challenged me so I don't use them. Your card has really inspired me!! Great choice of colors and the butterflies are the perfect touch. Hope you have a wonderful day!

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  14. I love this little added embossed strip. Why don't I get out my embossing folders more?

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